Why Won't This Fabulously Funky FUEGO Start?!?
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I had a 1985 with a 2.2L EFI engine.
I bought it in 1990 and it only had 25,000 miles on it.
I found it in the back row of a local used car dealership and it had a broken window because someone had stolen the stereo and a bad thermostat so I got it for $2,000.
Found replacement glass for the window and a replacement stereo at a local junkyard changed the thermostat and drove it for a hundred thousand miles.
It was black with bronze wheels. Loved the sunroof and I often drove it at night or through the Fall Foliage in New England with the top rolled back and the heater on full blast.
It was very reliable and I only remember it not starting twice once when the fuel pump went out and once when a replacement battery was faulty.
FUNKY 😂
Nice story. Do you miss it?
@@B1970TBronze I have good memories of it but do I miss it not really.
I have driven and owned over 40 cars since then in each one of them had their attributes but life is too short to drive the same car forever.
@ True
I remember seeing these at the local AMC /JEEP dealership along with the Le Car.
Renault 5, Le Car, the best days of Renault in the US !
At velcro spot on the dash probably held a radar detector because they were very popular back then
My thoughts exactly.
Whistler Spectrum for me back then.
For the Fuego it's probably wishful thinking.
It was probably wishful thinking regarding it even leaving the driveway.
Concur on the radar detector for Velcro
Exactly
That Velcro was probably from a RadioShack “Micronta” brand radar detector
radioshack wow that was a fun cool place to go and hang out at!
I was going to say radar detector as well.
@@BrianBlake-t4w I'm holding out for 9-band equalizer. You know the one, with the sliders. Oh yeah that's the stuff.....
@timewa851 I had a RS 10 band attached to my Kmart Audiovox in my 78 Pinto; 6 x 9s in back, 6" in the doors. 😆😆😆😆
@@BrianBlake-t4w I'd guess the old school square shaped Escort radar detector.
A friend's dad had one back in the day in Ireland. It looked pretty futuristic when it was new compared to the rubbish, boxy stuff that everyone was driving in Europe at the time.
I grew up in Dublin as a teenager in the 80s. Two neighbours in my estate worked in sales for Renault main dealers. They both picked a different car every week for personal use so I got to see the whole range of exotic Renault including this Feugo, but also the turbo editions of the R11, R18, R25…all really cool cars for their time.
All I heard from the wizard is that he absolutely wants to work on your full restoration project.
Unless it has those horrible u joints he fears!
I take it you are being ironic. He couldn't make it any plainer, that he doesn't do resto.s
@@thevauxhallman7157yeah. I was just mess’n
Especially if you tried working on it and gave up. Just send along the parts in a box.
Especially the 'ran when parked' projects; definitely his favorites.
I saw the original Facebook Marketplace listing for this car and ended up messaging a ton of RUclips channels about it because I had watched it sit for weeks - I couldn't take on the project myself, but I wanted to get it in one of their hands; AMAZING TO SEE IT MADE IT!
Those things are legendary on south america. In the 1988 Argentinian TC2000 Juan Maria Traverso crossed the finish line with his Fuego completely on fire and won 😹
Legendary race!
@@Conquering_your_purposeindeed! He’ll be dearly missed.
Now that s FUNKY
@@renespeed01 aguante el flaco traverso!
Fun fact: In October 1982, the turbocharged diesel Fuego became the fastest diesel car in the world, with a top speed of 180 km/h (110 mph).
I remember I had a Renault Alliancemade in Wisconsin
I can't stand commenter's mostly boomers who go to wiki to read and post fun facts on videos...
@@w.e.s.hey dude you sound like the worst kind of person. Like you hate that people post fun facts relating to the content they're commenting under? I hate people that think they are the coolest person they know. Like there is so much shit in this world that actually sucks but you pick on this freaking dude?
@@w.e.s.Lol 😆
@@w.e.s. LMAO this reply wins
Those sunroofs are very common in Europe and the most common brand, is Webasto. These could be bought and retro-fitted in many cars. The older ones were all manually operated, as far as I’ve seen in the past, so it’s cool to see this one being electric, as far back as 82!
The Fuego is a very cool and very rare car! I’m actually surprised you got these in the US!!
Every day is a school day 😁
Yup the memories! :) Renault had a good presence here in the 1980's and you'd have seen a lot of them here especially the "Le Car" (the US name for the Renault 5) and my memory's fuzzy on this but the US Postal Service bought the Renault Alliance, in right hand drive I would think, for testing for US mail delivery! Back when I was looking for my first car the Fuego was on my short list along with other cars of the time e.g. Isuzu Impulse and ultimately I bought an '86 Toyota Corolla SR5 which I later traded in for just $500--geez if I'd had only known how popular those last of the RWD Corollas would later become! Seems like most the Fuegos I saw were the same silver color as the one in this video, doing a quick search on youtube I found this old commercial for the '82 (sold here by AMC dealerships another thing I'd forgotten), enjoy! :) ruclips.net/video/LoR_PQ9MCoM/видео.html
I'm impressed your angry guy called to apologize, these days not many people have that level of integrity. Of course better if he's just said he wanted to get a second opinion, and not get angry in the first place.
You're probably going to have to get the fuel pump, filter, sending unit, etc. from Argentina. I bought a non running Renault Fuego as a project car for $500 back in 2002. I simply couldn't find parts for it in the U.S.
All Argentinian made Fuegos were equipped with 2.0L motor at first then 2.2L both carburetted, no injection here unfortunately, as for the US turbo it is equpped with 1.6 which is completely different,
The Renault Fuego is a legend in Argentina, there were specific models and even Diego Maradonna had a Fuego.
Edit : It's crazy to see a US model with a 85 mph max speedometer. The European version was able to go 120+ mph. Like other Renault Turbo cars of the era (5, 9, 11 18, 25) the gear knob was covered in leather, so the orange plastic was the original color but it didn't matter since it was covered.
There's a reason why the folks from Roadkill, Junkyard Digs, or Vice Grip Garage frequently have to rig up a fuel system or sw.ap carburetors to get their ancient heaps running. Restoring these ancient fuel-injection setups is another nightmare entirely. One could likely hack up an aftermarket EFI setup on these, but now it's no longer original.
Hats off to Euroasian Bob for trying to keep this Fuego stock and original instead of doing a LS or K-series swap.
Not sure why people don't like Mrs wizards interior reviews...she is very thorough and and knows colors names I have forgotten about..never a skip for me
I love that Crow, I hope he, or she, will get involved with more videos
I started out as a tech at an AMC,JEEP, RENAULT dealership we had one towed in. Customer states car wont start after changing the tire. He knocked the coil wire off when he put the flat tire back under the hood.
Funny
I had a turbo Fuego in 1985. you could get a non turbo Fuego but the silver ones are the turbo equipped ones. Mine had the gray interior with no retractable roof. I still think they are beautiful. I regent having to sell it. I love seeing that car! Takes me back to a good time.
Oh man when i was a kid my neighbour had a red renault fuego and i was absolutely in love with it...
Too bad the red turned to chalk after a few years. My sister had one. Otherwise a beautiful car considering the domestic crp on the market.
I've seen a red Renault Fuego in the UK, within the past year or so. I did a double-take as I drove past as they're practically extinct here, and it seemed so random, parked outside a house in the middle of nowhere. I've always really liked the look of them.
I had a 'W' reg red Renault Fuego 1.6TS when I was aged 19/20. Lovely car and was referred to as a poor man's porsche by some at the time. Great times.
Many years ago AMC / Renault had a joint venture. One of the areas I was responsible for - to provide manpower (technicians) for the executive garage. The execs could either lease or get a company car as a part of their benefits. The Techs in the Exec garage complained that the Fuego and Medallian took longer to fix and diagnose than our AMC cars. Renault had multiple voltages under the hood running various systems…12,14,8, 10 volts if I recall. They were really “problem children”. Sorting things out soured both the execs and the techs. The good point about Renaults was they ran very smoothly over the roughest roads. So… verify voltages and understand how much voltage is used where. Nice cars - Bur!
That's always been the French car philosophy, many have hight ride height and long travel suspension
6:33 Are you sure it is a horn button? Old Renaults have the horn at the left rod for blinker, you push it in to honk.
My 83 Peugeot did too.
Correct, it is just a pad, French standard is pushing in the left stalk.
correct
The first new car I bought was a red 1982 Fuego. It had the fabric top, but it wasn’t the turbo. It had a very, smooth ride, but was very slow. The 5 speed was a bit rubbery. I had the fabric roof, but the French design was not so great. If you didn’t release the power top button at the exact second that it was fully closed the mechanism exploded. The poor Jeep/AMC mechanics didn’t have a clue how to repair it. When I started dating my wife, shortly a getting the car, I warned her that her apartment was in a bit of a sketchy neighborhood. Sure enough thieves slashed the roof to get the radio. It went back to those poor mechanics who had to replace the whole thing. Overall I really liked the design and the ride. I liked the car, but didn’t love it. So, when we first got married I had the Fuego and she had a Rabbit, which was a fun car to drive but super unreliable and very spartan. We sold the Rabbit and bought a 1966 Porsche 912, that was in pretty rough shape. I sold the Fuego and bought a 1977 BMW 320i, which was the first year model of the iconic 3 series. It was more fun to drive, but even less reliable and needed sandbags in the trunk and Vredestein winter tires to survive winter. Then we had kids and the fun old cars went bye bye. My Fuego didn’t have the upgraded leather interior like this one, but my interior was a velour fabric with the same seats.
Memory overload! I had a 1983 1.6 non turbo Fuego (red with a grey interior) that got me through college and early married life ( my then girl friend, still wife actually helped me push start it once. That's partly how I knew she was the one!). Some of the details remembered... 1. That little gauge in the center bottom of the main cluster with the oil can logo is for the oil level, not the pressure. It activates with the ignition on, engine off. 2. Both turn signal indicators blink no matter what direction you are indicating. The bulb is just there to show you it's working. 3. The shifter knob was originally covered with thin leather that wore out about 5 minutes after it was installed. I replaced mine the second time with a plain wooden knob as I knew the pattern by then! 4. That stupid catalytic converter was located too close to the alternator and if the heat shield was missing then the alternators had a rather diminished life (5 alternators in 7 years). 5. The valve clearances need to be checked and adjusted periodically for happy running. 6. The French know how to make a small car ride like a dream! Great seats and coil springs all around along with regular 13 inch steel wheels with fairly tall sidewall tires let that little car float along almost as comfortably as my 64 Cadillac. 7. As I recall mine had a 15(!) gallon gas tank that meant I only had to fill up about once a month as it averaged 21 mpg around town! (saw 36 or so on the highway when I was brave enough to go out of town!) 8. I could still get parts from Don Dawson AMC/Eagle in Pensacola but they were never very happy to see me! They'd have to look up parts on a microfiche and then cross reference the numbers with a different parts book, then order the part usually. I also later had access to a parts car and stripped anything I thought would be useful for later repairs so that helped. 9. I never drove on a long trip without bringing a toolbox and some spare parts. 10. Those spark plugs have an extension stem that screws onto the top of the plug to make the connection to the spark plug leads. Much joy for tune ups. 11. I had a squeak from the rear of the car when loaded for 6 of the 7 years I owned it that turned out to be the rear brake proportioning valve connection rod rubbing on a guide. 12. The center pad on the steering wheel isn't the horn. That's activated by pushing in on the turn signal stalk which is also rotated to turn on the exterior lights and clicked toward the steering wheel to control the high/low beams. It was a rather expensive switch to replace as a result! 13. The great fun it was to watch someone unfamiliar with the car walk up to the passenger side and then stare at the door panel to try and locate the door handle! As I said so many (repressed?) memories. Well, as Click and Clack used to say, "Nobody copies the French and the French don't copy anybody!" Looking forward to this repair with great interest. Thank you.
I still have nightmares about that sunroof. I did my apprenticeship at a Renault dealer in the early 80's. The gear mechanism is half plastic and half metal and very fragile and prone to breaking due to the design. Getting a broken roof open without destroying it was not easy. Thieves used to break in through the sunroof in order to steal the factory Blaupunkt stereo, so unfortunately I had lot's of practice .. and just pray you never have to deal with the half dozen relays used to control the heater/AC fans.. Renault makes Lucus look like they knew what they were doing when it comes to wiring :)
The issue with the HVAC is that they wanted to be fancy for the US market. The Euro models had regular sliders with cables and no buttons.
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The last time I saw a Fuego, I had long black hair. Fast forward to the present day and I have a bald head, gray chest hair and haven't seen a Fuego in at least 30 years. What a fine specimen!
lol
Same here. I think the last time I saw one I had long dark hair too, lol. 😂
😂😂
Me exactly
I had a 1961 VW bug that had a manual version of that retractable style sunroof. When opened, almost the entire roof was open. It was a vinyl impregnated fabric over a metal frame but had real headliner material as the material you saw from the cabin.
It never leaked, even in some pretty hard downpours, something that was not true of the hard top sunroof in a later Type 3 Squareback I had.
I hope whoever buys the Fuego fully restores it.
A special note on the tire and wheel combination of this car. They came with a special Michelin tire and wheel. The wheel is about a 15.5 diameter but in metric and it had a special bevel for the bead seat. You can not find this Michelin tire any more. They were known as a TRX. I was a tire dealer back in the 80s and Michelin basically gav e us free wheels to try to get them to sell. Plan on buying wheels and tires for this to get it road worthy.
As I remember now they came in a 365 MM or a 390 MM wheel.
Didn’t the Ford Mustang also have TRX wheels and tires at one point as well?
I learned this in the car and driver article with the Renault fuego turbo as a winter derby car in May 2003.
You can get them where I am in the UK from Michelin Classic but they are eye wateringly expensive as they do small production runs and are normally about £500 each!
Finally...the Fuego!!! Thank you Car Wizzard! Mine was externally the same. It was a non-turbo 1.6 litre hemi with the spark plugs at the center of the combustion chamber. This one has a 1.5 and it's mounted with metric Michelin TRX which are really expensive, hard to find and outdated. Only good memories.
I had a 1984 bought brand new. There were 5 levels. Mine was level 3. 1,6 liter with Turbo, hard top and cloth seats. Replacing tires (Michelin TRX) was very expensive. I remember purchasing a set of 4 around 1988 for 110$ each + taxes + installation... On each side, a huge decal with the word TURBO stretched on the lower side of the door from wheel to wheel. When Mrs. Wizard showed the missing radio, shivers went down my spine. Fuegos had a huge thing going against them. It came from the factory with a Blaupunkt radio with cassette player. Thieves would spot these cars from afar, break the window and steal the radio. It happened to me only once. I had to get a drawer thingy and would leave with the whole unit under the arm whenever I parked it for any length of time. Not the most pleasant thing. It wasn't very fast. But, at low speed, It did have very good acceleration when the turbo kicked in.
Mrs Wizard does a great job with her interior reviews. Very thorough and intetesting
NO WAY her voice is SO abrasive , very HIGH and squeeky ! ( Unless your into that sort of thing ) ☹
most of the Fuego parts are from the Renault 18 and they are widely available in Africa and latin America
in my country they were used to carry twice their weight in counterband products across the borders they are so reliable
That top is screaming out for some serious lubrication!
From the sound generated, it's probably 5 open-close operations away from a complete failure.
Useful info on the fuel system. I always had a soft spot for these cars, I liked the ones with the Turbo livery like the one in the A View to a Kill James Bond movie.
Careful with the tires. They seem to be Michelin with the TRX system (IIRC). Tires and wheels are not compatible with normal ones (different sizes, different layout...). They were an advancement at the time, but did not prevail.
One of my first jobs was at an AMC Jeep dealership in 1983. We didn't sell many of these back then. The Renault Appliance, I mean Alliance sold fairly well
I used to have a full option one in europe.
Mine was 1984. No fuel injection over here.
But if you want funky, just google on 1984 fuego turbo with radio renault. Way different and much 'funkier' 😊
Had a lot of fun with it, actually had 2!
Greatings from France ! Wait a second these bumpers and headlights are so strange 😮
US safety standards at the time required them and emission controls. All things European models were free from.
@@johngaither9263including an AC… 🥵
It's a US spec, in France the Turbos were carbureted
Old AMC/Renault parts guy here, good to know the distributor was OK, as even back in the day, the distributor cap alone cost a king's ransom, and probably still do if you can find one... I think they're made from unobtainium.... The radio is missing because some previous owner got tired of paying out on theft claims. Those Blaupunkt radios were a hot item for the tweakers and they soon figured out how easy it was to slash the soft top and get in. Sold a lot of tops and radios at the time.
Austin TX 😢1982 - I wanted the Fuego but bought an Alliance becsuse my wife liked it better. When the salesman put his boots up on his desk and proceeded to tell her that the transmission worked like the runners on her kitchen drawers (little lady), I thought she was going to leap over that desk and rip him a new one, boy howdy.
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very cool cars. Haven't seen one here in UK for at least 35 years . love the styling.
Clarification, the "gearbox" is actually behind, ie rearwards of where those CV drive axles come out of the transmission housing. Many Renaults, for many years, have used a similar system where the drive comes out the back of the engine, flywheel, clutch, then sneaks past beyond where those half axles come out. Then goes through the gearbox, then the drive is transmitted forward again, up to internal differential and the half axles. It's an ingenious design. I had this car's 5 door big brother, Renault 25 hatchback) with the 2.2 litre naturally aspirated engine and talking dashboard, yes in 1980's a clearly talking dashboard. "Front door, NOT shut" etc.
I'm french, I've seen a lot of fuegos over the years, but that interior is pretty wild. Never seen those seats, in particular.
The shape of the seat is genuine, but I agree this upholstery on those
They were USDM only but they are 100% original
The shape is the same as the Euro ones, also used in the R11 turbo and the R5 Alpine, but the leather is US market only. Europeans would have never bought that style.
I had an 82 Turbo once, no start same issue. Check the fuel pump circuit relay under the passenger front seat area, that’s where my fuel pump problem was. The relay was in a box and had a burned circuit board.
You have a good ear and rhythm. You must be a musician as well. And the staccato term too.
Those seats look like they belong in a vehicle four times the purchase price of that one, they are epic
Renault have always had a thing about very cool looking seats - Renault 5 turbo. Original Renault 16 could be turned into hammocks.
@ awesome!!
Renault 25 seats look like they belong in a Rolls Royce.
I highly doubt that the leather is original, I think they have been reupholstered at some point
@@jordanrudler2120 Yeah they are original on the USDM ones
A rare car these days. I had a base model TL (I think) in England in the early 90's and loved it. Now there are just 20 taxed on the road in the UK😢
Had one of these. Spend most of my time on public transit because it never made it to destination. Last French car I ever owned.
One of the coolest cars in its time. Thanks.
I had a R17 Gordini convertible. It was red with a bolt on top on top of the fabric sliding roof.
I want car companies to build cars EXACTLY like this TODAY! I'd buy one RIGHT NOW!
I am old, so trust me on this one: getting a weird old car is a piece of cake! Easy!!
Oh, you wanted a car that worked?
Sorry.....not possible......
Would make for interesting decor out behind the barn, ass deep in weeds, surrounded by other assorted scrapmetal...
@@hughbarton5743 I mean I have a 90s Mondeo and even though it jerks a bit sometimes and the AC doesn't work it still runs like a clock and takes me to work every day with over 330.000km on the clock, so....
There’s a reason these things barely sold when they were new. Several reasons, actually.
@@seed_drill7135 But they did sell though?
Well, if I look at channels like Autio Auction Rebuilds, Samcrac and others, modern cars are even less reliable with all the elecronic gimmicks. Or as my mom's mexhanic once said when I was a kid: "What's not there (i.e. installed) can't break." The man was absolutely right.
Renault Fuego is a beatiful and very exotic in U.S suposse ; in Europe today there few left but quite a few.were sold
Oh, you can get a square back hatch lid as well as the sloped back hatch lid. Its easy to to change over. Some people got both when they bought new.
Webasto roof ? were very common in the uk in the 1980's never seen a powered one though.
Wow, I was just saying to my son today how I haven’t seen a Fuego for a long time. I had two of them in the 80’s - both turbocharged but unfortunately met an untimely end - but I loved my Fuegos. Thanks for sharing. The reason that the cat is behind the turbo is because it was added for the North American market, and that was the only place to put it. My second one had a plugged cat which caused it to not produce any turbo boost. Was a simple fix to remove the innards of the cat with a steel rod, and it ran so much better.
Mr and Mrs Wizard...love ya'lls channels. Respect.
Back in the 1980s, when I was 19, I almost bought one of these. Instead, I ended up getting a crashed 944 and repairing it myself, but I still remember this car with a lot of fondness. Watching this video brings back great memories-I really enjoy hearing about your experiences. That kind of insight and personal connection is something money can’t buy! Keep up the good work.
Hi from Toulouse, France. I really enjoy your videos.
Love those Fuegos.
Good luck with finding millimetric TRX tyres. Back in the day i used to have some on my VW golf GTI.
Even in the eighties they were awfully expensive, but the best on the road ! Thumbs up for all your great work !
I agree with the wizard on stabilizers. I've used them for winter storage of lawn mowers, weed walkers and the sort but then again that's 6 months vs 30 years. Keep showing me those cool cars from when I was in high school in the mid 80's.
fuego 1.6 turbo same engine as the renault 18 turbo should have 110bhp an a big garret t3 turbo a bit of lag when the boost comes in the fun would start!! it deserves to be restored and used .
I had one for 7 years - the 1985 2.0 GTX. Took me through college, never broke down, never required any oil top up. That thing was a tank with a tight engine
That looks exactly like the one I bought new. They were a pretty roomy small car. I had the 1.6 liter turbo. It would deliver 39 mpg on the hiway all day and 32 mpg in the city. My dad eventually bought it from me because he liked it so much.
You've brought back memories here. I had bought a '84 Fuego Turbo as a $350 project car. I'd road tested one before that, and based on that, very much wanted one. The car I bought lacked the sunroof, power accessories and the leather, but was colored much the same. I wasn't a good enough mechanic to fix all of its problems. I replaced the head gasket, but that was followed by a problem with the engine not developing nearly enough power. I tore through that fuel injection system and could never fix the problem. Most likely I made the problem when I replaced the head gasket, but I didn't have the time to solve it properly. Worse, someone cut the diagnostic plug (it's on the firewall, a small black square).
Modding one of these would have been unlikely, to be gentle about it. You weren't going to flip open a Neuspeed or a NOPI catalog and find stuff for this car, as I recall. On the other hand, I had information on buying Renault Sport parts that would have lowered the suspension, perhaps included anti-sway bars, and non TRX wheels were available at the time. Renault actually supported its cars in competition here, there were even series races for them. There was a Le Car Cup and an Alliance Cup at one time, I think. Could they have been looking for their next F1 drivers here?
I was a member of a Renault Owner's Club, and someone was selling dealer keychains. So the one I had said Les Automobiles Deauvillaises, Rue De Paris 14800 DEAUVILLE 31.88.21.34.
Like I said, memories. Also, the regret that I could not have done more with my Fuego.
I used to walk past one of this every day on way to school in the early 90’s, beautiful thing
Here in Greece I remember in the 80s as a kid admiring these Renaults. They were rather rare.
Drove one for awhile in the day. Loved it, along with a merkur and a Renault 21(nee eagle medallion) and a Peugeot 504 wagon and various Saabs and Volvos. Love the funk!! Velcro May be a mount for an 80’s radar detector. Always loved the designs of these off beat cars, the running not so much! Thanks for the videos really enjoy them!
The velcro was used for a 1980's Cobra Radar Dectector!
I remember these Fuegos when they were new, a friend of the family was gifted one for her wedding back in 1986.
When I was growing up, my neighbor had a Renault Dauphine.....what a dog....
Belle dauphine
good luck finding TRX metric tyres!
79 to 81 mustangs had trx tires
TRX tyres continue to be made by Michelin so are available - however they are uber expensive when compared to non metric tyres.
Those had a value of about $200 in the late 80’s Midwest
Cool story
Over valued!
One in good shape is probably worth a little more than that now.
Great video!
I worked at a very large used car lot in the mid 80's-mid 90's. I have seen a few of them back in the day along with VW Scirocco's and Renault Alliance and Encore's that I made a lot of money taking the dash out and replacing the heater core's!
I remember these when I was in my early 20's. I always liked them. Wizard is amazing as he teaches as well as repairs!
Often, the crows mock me also. I revived a '57 F100 that had sat for 20 years. The fuel tank was the worst smell I have ever encountered. Love the funky Fuego!
i have not seen a fuego since the early 90's the roof is awesome. really love it. a company called webasto in the uk made them for british cars. renault had other models with this type of webasto sunroof including the 4 and 2CV and many others. fiat used to as well. i love them bc they open so large it almost makes the car a convertible.
Very cool to finally see a video on the Fuego. Been seeing it in the background on your past videos. That interior sure brought back memories. My ex-girlfriend's brother drove one of these back in the mid 80's.
Luv'ed my non Turbo 1983 red fuego.
Great! So many people miss the 'do I have fuel', 'do I have spark', test. Nicely done.
I had one back in '85-87. What a great car at the time. I totaled it in '87.. brings back memories
Renault 5TL had the same type of roof, no problem, had plenty of those including fuegos. Couldn't kill those cars. Great French cars
OMG! Had one just like it...year, turbo, color, interior, sliding soft top. It was one of the best handling cars I had ever owned, perhaps the best. Up to 60-65 mph you didn't notice anything special, but north of that? The car was glued to the road. The suspension was dialed in superbly by the Renault engineers on these turbo models, and doing 90+ mph felt so serene and assuring. I trade it in for an '87 Mercury Sable which at the time looked like a spaceship 😂
i´m from Spain, and those fuego were all over the place back them. It's funny you got it in there. I love the interior.
great! my dad had several R4 tl and gtl and whenever we where at the renault dealers shop i felt in trance just starring at this thing!
I had an 18i winter beater back in the day. It was the sister sedan to the Feugo. It had high miles but was well cared for. I tell ya, that little crossflow hemi head, pushrod motor could turn the RPM, and of course it rode like a proper French car; comfy.
Hey wizard, enjoy, your viDeos. I live in Quebec, Canada and Fuego’s were really popular, then they disappeared! I like them. I owned a Renault 5 and I loved it! I called it my ´ travel Pod.´´ it was great. Reliable, never ever got stuck in snow, just a great car
Oh man, I always loved the sort of louver-look of the plastic cladding stripe around these, and the bubbly yet sleek hatchback, and I longed to sit in those cool seats!
I see it in my appliance repair industry as well. Everyone is an expert when you give them an estimate. I just had this couple in Scottsdale treat me like dirt. I’m the “ hired help “. I won’t ever see them again.
PS, the crow had me rolling.
I had one back in the 80's, great fun but too delicate for our conditions, loved it though.
in '87, I bought a used one of these from an interesting guy who worked as a male stripper (funky car from a funky dude). I drove it for about a month. It wasn't a bad car ... UNTIL ... I chose to race a Ford Probe (stock 16v 4 banger). WIth the turbo at Denver altitude, the Fuego pulled away ... then at around 80, BOOOM! the little stock Garrett? turbo blew an oil seal ... I sold it for parts - wasn't in good enough shape to restore. Ironically, I later bought a '91 Jeep Grand Cherokee ZJ 5.9 ... I swear Renault had influence over the iconic ZJ design. Some of the Fuego design elements made it into the fastest Jeep model at the time. I really loved that thing - but there I had to rebuild the front axle (bearings) and the viscous coupling was going out - which would have been a major expense.
wow I remember those. Some were sold here in Canada back in the day, not as common as the Alliance. Have not seen a Fuego in at least 30 years. What a find.
The Michelin TRX was the Michelin PAX of the 80s. Crazy to see them.
My first car was an 84 Fuego. Drove it around from 2000 to 2005. Had the 2.0 litre carby engine but I did a top end swap with a Renault 21 that had the same engine but with EFI. Definitely ran a bit smoother after that. Loved that car, miss that car.
YES, definitely update us once the tank is in and you can get it some fuel, it seems like it's a fun little hatchback
I used to have a silver non turbo Fuego, that power roof badly needs lubercation on the sliding surfaces and drive mechanism.
POR15 have a kit to clean and seal the tank. Contains a cleaner, primer and fuel proof paint.
Works well and used it on all of my restorations.
Does require tank removal but no need to split the tank.
I had one of those…great looking car…ran well, and it was cheaper than buying a Celica…loved it…the soft
Top was great…opened up larger than any Sun roof
Wow! I haven't seen one of these since the '80s! What a time capsule -- another amazing find by Euro-Asian Bob!
Went all round Europe as a kid in a red Renault 18TD.
Giving me flashbacks
My first car was an '84 Renault Encore. Only thing I remember about it is that the front seats didn't slide forward and back in a straight line but on an arc...and that I had to put a gallon of water in the radiator every morning before heading to school..
It's got the unobtainium Michelin TRX wheels and tires. They are not a standard size and that was the big problem they had. Ford used them on a lot of their cars and when you needed to replace tires on Michelin had tires that fit because of the obscure wheel size.